Barack Obama warns that ‘additional steps’ could be taken if Russia were to ‘double down’ on behaviour in UkraineBarack Obama has used the close of the G7 summit in Germany to deliver his strongest criticism yet of Vladimir Putin, lambasting the Russian president’s isolationist approach as the seven leaders signalled their...

ELMAU, Germany — Global flashpoints from Ukraine to Greece dominated talks at the G7 meeting in Germany over the past two days, but for Angela Merkel the success of the summit rested from the outset on achieving a breakthrough on the longer-term threat of climate change. The German leader got her wish. With the G7 agreement to limit the global...

US president: Pentagon working on plan to recruit and train Iraqi troopsRussia, Fifa, US immigration and healthcare also mentioned at G7 summitThe United States does not “yet have a complete strategy” for standing up an Iraqi force to take on Isis militants, President Barack Obama said on Monday, a year after the capture by Isis of the northern...

VIENNA (Reuters) – Russia has refused to sign off on the U.N. nuclear watchdog’s annual report because the document lists a nuclear reactor near Crimea’s Sevastopol as being in Ukraine, two diplomats present at the meeting told Reuters on Monday. …read more Source:...

Leaders of the G7 economic powers on Monday warned Russia it would face stepped-up sanctions for its role in the Ukrainian crisis as they wrapped up a summit in Germany that also pledged strong action to fight climate change. …read more Source: France...